Here we give some pictures of our trip in New Zealand, March-April
2007. After a stopover af a few days in Kuala Lumpur (via Malaysian
Airlines - a lot of space between seats!) the trip in New Zealand
started in Christchurch. There a camper was rented and with a lot of
driving (about 4,000 km), South Island and North Island were explored.
New Zealand has a very varied landscape, where one can find everything
of the world on a relative short distance: the fjords of Norway, the
Swiss alps with glaciers, the rainforest of British Columbia, the
volcanoes, thermal fields and geysirs of Iceland, it is all there. On
top of that some unique own interesting things: the Maori
culture, glowworm caves, enormous kiwifruit plantations,
besides
sheep, sheep, sheep,...

Stopover in Maleisia: the Petronas towers in Kuala Lumpur.

Panoramic view of the "golden triangel" of KL from the TV-tower.

The court house of KL.

Batu caves, a Hindu sanctuary in KL.

The entrance of Chinatown in KL.

The first day in New Zealand: On the road to Mount Cook village: Lake
Tekapo.

Sheep, sheep, millions of sheep!

Heavy storm and rain, the whole night in Mount Cook village.
A few kilometers back, away of the mountains, the sun is shining...

The Clay Cliffs near Omarama.

The Mouraki boulders at the East coast.

Otago Peninsula, near Dunedin.

Yellow eye pinguins, Otago peninsula.

The beautiful station of Dunedin.

The road to the Milford Sound, clouded with a little rain.

Nice walks along the Milford road in the rainforest

Big tree ferns along Milford road.

There it is at last, the Milford Sound! At the start of the boattrip
we had rain, at the return trip, the sun comes through...

This was the end of a nice trip to New
Zealand. We did see much in a short time. Very varying landscape, very
friendly and helpful people and the special culture of the Maori's.
From
Auckland, we flew back via Kuala Lumpur, again with Malaysian airlines,
from the start of the last hotel to before our home we travelled 30
hours...